Shelf ready display with dual dispensing features

Abstract

A dispenser carton including a removable bin dispenser. The removable bin dispenser forms part of the exterior surface of the carton, but may be detached from the carton to allow access to the carton. The carton has a dual dispensing feature in that the carton may either be displayed with the removable bin dispenser positioned on the carton to form a counter top dispenser configuration or a hanging configuration or the carton may be displayed with the removable bin dispenser simply removed to form a shelf-loaded carton configuration.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A dispenser carton including:
 a plurality of major flaps including a top inside major flap, a bottom inside major flap, a top outside major flap, and a bottom outside major flap, wherein said top inside major flap and bottom inside major flap both include a cut out area, 
 a plurality of minor flaps including a top minor flap, a bottom minor flap, a top secondary minor flap and a bottom secondary minor flap, 
 a removable bin dispenser including a top removable bin dispenser flap and a bottom removable bin dispenser flap, wherein said top and bottom removable bin dispenser flaps include a notch, wherein said removable bin dispenser is formed of the material of a carton, wherein said cut out areas of said top inside major flap and said bottom inside major flap are positioned so that the outside major flaps can be adhered to the top and bottom minor flaps, overlapping the top and bottom removable bin dispenser flaps and the top and bottom inside major flaps, without adhering to said top and bottom removable bin dispenser flaps, and 
 wherein said removable bin dispenser may be separated from said carton to display the contents of said carton. 
 
     
     
       2. The dispenser carton of  claim 1  wherein said removable bin dispenser is composed of paperboard. 
     
     
       3. The dispenser carton of  claim 1  wherein said removable bin dispenser is composed of stiffened paper. 
     
     
       4. The dispenser carton of  claim 1  wherein said removable bin dispenser includes a fluted intermediate layer. 
     
     
       5. The dispenser carton of  claim 1  wherein said removable bin dispenser includes a display flap. 
     
     
       6. The dispenser carton of  claim 1  wherein said notch is usable to position said removable bin dispenser in an open position relative to said carton. 
     
     
       7. The dispenser carton of  claim 1  wherein said top and bottom outside major flaps include an access slot positioned so that a folding arm can access said top and bottom removable bin dispenser flaps to initiate folding of said top and bottom removable bin dispenser flaps. 
     
     
       8. The dispenser carton of  claim 7  wherein said top and bottom removable bin dispenser flaps include a fold initiation area. 
     
     
       9. The dispenser carton of  claim 1  including an adhesive applied to said top inside major flap and top minor flap. 
     
     
       10. The dispenser carton of  claim 9  wherein said adhesive is selected from the group consisting of pressure sensitive adhesive, hot melt adhesive, cold melt adhesive, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
       11. The dispenser carton of  claim 9  wherein said adhesive is cold seal adhesive. 
     
     
       12. The dispenser carton of  claim 1  wherein said removable bin dispenser includes a front tab that may be folded down to form a power wing. 
     
     
       13. The dispenser carton of  claim 1  wherein said removable bin dispenser includes a bottom perforation. 
     
     
       14. The dispenser carton of  claim 1  wherein said removable bin dispenser is positionable in one of a plurality of configurations to display the contents of said dispenser carton. 
     
     
       15. The dispenser carton of  claim 1  wherein said removable bin dispenser is positionable in a first configuration by separating a portion of said removable bin dispenser from said dispenser carton to allow said removable dispenser to rotate open relative to said dispenser carton. 
     
     
       16. The dispenser carton of  claim 1  wherein said removable bin dispenser is positionable in a second configuration by separating at least a portion of said removable bin dispenser from said dispenser carton to form an aperture into said dispenser carton. 
     
     
       17. The dispenser carton of  claim 16  wherein said removable bin dispenser is at least partially separated from said dispenser carton along a bottom perforation. 
     
     
       18. A method of forming dispenser carton, said method including:
 providing a dispenser carton having: 
 a plurality of major flaps including a top inside major flap a bottom inside major flap, a top outside major flap, and a bottom outside major flap, wherein said top inside major flap and bottom inside major flap both include a cut out area, 
 a plurality of minor flaps including a top minor flap, a bottom minor flap, a top secondary minor flap and a bottom secondary minor flap, 
 a removable bin dispenser including a top removable bin dispenser flap and a bottom removable bin dispenser flap; 
 positioning said dispenser carton so that said major flaps, minor flaps, and removable bin dispenser flaps are foldable inwardly to form a side of said dispenser carton; 
 folding inward said removable bin dispenser flaps; 
 folding inward said top minor flap and said bottom minor flap so that said top and bottom minor flap cover said top and bottom removable bin dispenser flap; 
 folding inward said top and bottom inside major flaps so that their respective cut out areas are positioned over said top and bottom minor flaps; 
 positioning an adhesive on the exterior face of said top and bottom inside major flaps and said top and bottom minor flaps; and 
 folding inward said top and bottom outside major flaps to overlap said top and bottom inside major flaps and contact said adhesive to adhere said top and bottom outside major flaps to said top and bottom inside major flaps. 
 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 18  wherein said positioning said adhesive includes a first positioning on the exterior face of said top minor flap and a second positioning on the exterior face of said top inside major flap. 
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 18  wherein a product is positioned in said dispenser carton before folding inward said removable bin flap. 
     
     
       21. The method of  claim 20  wherein said product is side loaded into said carton. 
     
     
       22. The method of  claim 20 , wherein said product is shingled. 
     
     
       23. The method of  claim 18  wherein said adhesive is selected from the group consisting of pressure sensitive adhesive, hot melt adhesive, cold melt adhesive, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
       24. The method of  claim 18  wherein said adhesive is a cold melt adhesive.